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Access Control (AC)

The Access Control family has 23 active controls in SP 800-53 release 5.2.0. “Yes” marks membership in the SP 800-53B baselines.

ControlTitleLowModerateHighPrivacy
AC-1Policy and ProceduresYesYesYesYes
AC-2Account ManagementYesYesYes
AC-3Access EnforcementYesYesYes
AC-4Information Flow EnforcementYesYes
AC-5Separation of DutiesYesYes
AC-6Least PrivilegeYesYes
AC-7Unsuccessful Logon AttemptsYesYesYes
AC-8System Use NotificationYesYesYes
AC-9Previous Logon Notification
AC-10Concurrent Session ControlYes
AC-11Device LockYesYes
AC-12Session TerminationYesYes
AC-14Permitted Actions Without Identification or AuthenticationYesYesYes
AC-16Security and Privacy Attributes
AC-17Remote AccessYesYesYes
AC-18Wireless AccessYesYesYes
AC-19Access Control for Mobile DevicesYesYesYes
AC-20Use of External SystemsYesYesYes
AC-21Information SharingYesYes
AC-22Publicly Accessible ContentYesYesYes
AC-23Data Mining Protection
AC-24Access Control Decisions
AC-25Reference Monitor

Withdrawn controls: AC-13, AC-15.

Independent guidance, not an official NIST publication. Control text is from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 and SP 800-53A (public domain). Original content is licensed CC BY 4.0; program templates and the downloadable kit are dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0.